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SECRETS OF PALMISTRY. 

WHICH COMPRISES TWELVE 
EASY LESSONS IN PALMISTRY, 

Including the secret of 

PALMISTRY NEVER BEFORE 
MADE PUBLIC. HOW TO USE 
THE INTUITIVE POWERS. 

BY 


PROFESSOR 

LYMAN E. STOWE. 

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AUTHOR OP “POETICAL DRIFTS OF 
THOUGHT,” OR “PROBLEMS OF 
PROGRESS”; “DYNAMITE AND THE 
TORCH,” “THE AGNOSTIC’S LA¬ 
MENT,” “MY WIFE NELLIE AND I,” 
“RED HOT FINANCIAL FACTS,” 
“WHAT IS COMING,” “THE UNI¬ 
VERSE,” “LESSONS IN THE ATOMIC 
SOUL THEORY,” “LESSONS IN HYP¬ 
NOTISM,” ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC. 


PUBLISHED BY TLIE 
ASTROLOGICAL PUBLISHING CO. 
DETROIT > MICH. 

«’e ' 







p. 

Author, 

(Pwson). 




PROFESSOR 
LYMAN E. STOWE, 

133 CATHERINE ST., 
DETROIT, MICH. 




1899 




To the owner of the hand which 
was offered to me in marriage, my 
dear wife, Mrs. Nellie C. Stowe, 
whose hand has the lines of wisdom, 
truth and faithfulness, and has ever 
been ready to minister to my slightest 
needs, this little book is dedicated. 

THE AUTHOR. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, 
July, 1S99, by LYMAN E. STOWE, in the 
office of the Librarian of Congress, at 
Washington, D. C. 


PUBLISHER’S PREFACE. 

In bringing this little book before 
the public, we must say it was de¬ 
signed as a text-book for our own 
classes in Palmistry, rather than to 
put on the market. But as the ex¬ 
pense of getting out such a book is 
considerable, we concluded to put a 
limited number on the market to cover 
expenses; therefore, to those who may 
think fifty cents is a high price for so 
small a book, let them remember that 
brains are not measured in bushel bas¬ 
kets, or the products of brains sold by 
stipulated weights and measures, any 
more than furniture is sold like cord- 
wood. The multidues buy books of 
fiction, but only a limited number buy 
books of science. The labor and care 
bestowed upon the creation of this lit¬ 
tle book is many times that given to 
writing fiction, or a liogpog compila¬ 
tion like the most of the works on 
palmistry, and any reader may think 
himself fortunate who is lucky enough 
to get one of the limited number of 
these books which will likely be put on 
the market at present, though, as the 
author says, its name should become a 
household word. 




SECRETS OF PALMISTRY 


INTRODUCTORY TO THE 

STUDY OF PALMISTRY. 

The reason this work is so titled is 
that it contains all on palmistry worth 
knowing, and eliminates the superflu¬ 
ous jargon, usually used by authors, 
either to mistify the public or because, 
as it has often been claimed, that 
“Language was invented to conceal 
thought,” and there are few who 
strive to make their thoughts plain to 
the student, but rather seem to love 
display of language. Besides I give 
the true secret of palmistry. 

After reading every author on 
palmistry I oouildl <get hold of and 
noting their contradictions and 
hodge-podge methods, I determined 
to compile a work on palmistry that a 
child might understand and grasp. 
This I have done, and classified and 
grouped each subject and put each 



subject under its own heading, and 
have not mixed up the matter in an 
incomprehensible tangle. But each 
subject is complete in itself, so the 
student should first know how to 
erect a chart; second, how to define 
palmistry; third, how to examine the 
shape; fourth, fingers; fifth, joints; 
sixth, nails; seventh, signs; eighth, 
palms, ninth, mounts; tenth, lines; 
eleventh, the great secret of palmis¬ 
try ; twelfth, how to preserve records. 

I have aimed to use no useless 
words or high-sounding phrases, 
which only serve to puzzle the stu¬ 
dent. 

Wlhen finished I find this work so 
entirely my own I do not deem it nec- 
essar yto bother the reader with quo¬ 
tations of what little I gathered from 
the numerous authors, for any one 
may get books from the Public Li¬ 
brary which will prove what I say, 
that all books so far written on the 
subject seem to be a contradictory 
lot of hodge-podge, a mixture of 
truth and error, and that Professor 
Stowe’s Palmistry is the only book 
on the subject worth notice, and the 
name of Stowe’s Palmistry should be¬ 
come a household word. 




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PROF. STOWE’S SYSTEM OF 

PALMISTRY. 

LESSON NO. i.—THE SHAPE 
OF THE HAND. 

Question—Of what use is palmis¬ 
try? 

Answer—Palmistry, according to 
Bibical history, records the char¬ 
acter and destiny of men. “He seal- 
ethjup the hand of every man, that all 
men may know his work.”—-Job 
xxxvii—5-7. “Length of days ;|ire 
in her right hand, and in her left hand 
riches and honor.”—Proverbs III— 
5-16. “What evil is in my hand?”-— 
1st Samuel xxvi—5 -I 8- “And he 
causeth all, both small and great, rich 
and poor, free and bound, to receive 
a mark in their right hand or in their 
foreheads.”—Revelations xiii—5-16. 

Thus man’s character or destiny 
may be read in his head, face or 
hands, and the study of palmistry fur¬ 
nishes pleasant pastime, broadens the 
intellect and awakens the intuitive 
powers and harms no one. 

Tt is more simple than phrenology 
or physiiogonomy, and as reliable as 
anv of the occult studies. 


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LESSON 2.—DEFINITION OF 
PALMISTRY. 

Question—What is Palmistry? 

Answer—Palmistry is the science of 
reading human character by the study 
of the hand in all its parts. 

Question—What is it the Palmist 
should first understand? 

Answer—The Student should un¬ 
derstand that no sign, shape, mark, 
mount or line is an absolute evidence 
or proof that the thing it stands for is 
unchangeable. But that one line, sign 
mount or mark, mav contradict an- 
other, therefore it is necessary to erect 
a chart that he may see the definitions 
and balance their meaning. This re¬ 
quires the exercise of careful judg¬ 
ment. 

Question—On examining a hand 
what should the student first do? 

Answer—The student should first 
prepare himself with a printed or writ¬ 
ten blank, writing the headings in 
capitals, and leaving the spaces occu¬ 
pied by small type blank, to write in 
descriptions as follows: 


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THIS IS A CHART OF THE 
HAND OF (write name). 

SHAPE OF THE HAND IS (de¬ 
scribe the shape of the hand by 
comparing* the hand with the cuts 
of shape). 

THIS DENOTES (write in what it 

denotes). 

THE SHAPE, OF THE FINGERS 
(what it denotes). 

THE SHAPE OF NAILS (what 
they denote). 

THE PALM (what it denotes). 

THE MOUNTS (what they denote). 

THE LINES (what they denote). 

THE BALANCE (you can now bal¬ 
ance the whole matter and intro¬ 
duce the secret reading or effects 
of what the intuitive or psychic 
forces have awakened). 



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Question—Which hand should the 
student examine? 

Answer—Both hands, though it is 
considered the left hand is the one 
we are born with, the right the one 
we make. That is, events are in our 
left hand, what comes of them in our 
right. 

Question—What part of the hand 
should we first examine and why? 

Answer—The shape of the hand, 
because very much depends on the 
shape of the hand, to designate the 
quality of mind and station in life of 
the subject. 



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LESSON 3.—TYPE OF HANDS. 

Question—How many types of 
hands are there? 

Answer—Six. The elementary, the 
spatulate, the phsychic or artistic, the 
square or useful hand, the knotty or 
philosophical hand, and the mixed 
hand. 

Question—Has any one of these 
shapes a positive meaning? 

Answer—No, because “A man may 
snrile and smile and be a villain.” So 
may a hand look ugly and plain, and 
other testimony may prove, the pos¬ 
sessor has arisen above his destiny. 
Or the hand may be beautiful and the 
heart black. So we must look to the 
shape to learn the power and station 
and to the sign and lines to discern 
the nature and destiny. 

Ouestion—Describe the different 
shapes of hands. 














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Plate 1 

THE ELEMENTARY HAND. 


CUT NO. i.—The elementary hand 
is short, thick and stubby, with few 
lines—his life is close to nature. His 
desires and possibilities are few ; there 
is very little in it to read. We will 
find something in the shape of the 
fingers and nails later on. 













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THE SPATULATE HAND. 


CUT NO. 2.—The spatulate hand, 
broad palm, long* fingers, widened or 
flat at the ends: this indicates an ac¬ 
tive, nervous, somewhat selfish tem¬ 
perament. People with this type of 
hand are generally g*ood business 
men, or have many resources—full of 
energy. 












Plate 3 

THB'A RUSTIC!* HAND. 

CUT NO. 3.—The psychic, or 
artistic hand, is long, slim, tapering, 
long fingers, nails long and narrow. 
This is a very pretty hand but almost 
useless when not mixed with other 
forms and qualities. There is very lit¬ 
tle difference between the psychic and 
artistic hand. 








II 


Who has not heard of the trials of 
the poor artist, good for nothing else, 
and art did not pay?. 

The psychic is dreamy, far-seeing 
blit can never take advantage of what 
he sees. One hears this question 
asked often : “If the clairvoyant can 
see lost articles and hidden treasures, 
or tell what is going to win, why don't 
he take advantage of it himself?" But 
this question would never be asked if 
the qquestioner understood palmistry 
or the nature of a psychic. 

L. of C. 






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Plate 4 

THE SQUARE HAND. 


CUT NO. 4.—The square, or use¬ 
ful, hand is found in nearly every 
sphere of life. It has a regular square 
appearance, broad palm, long fingers, 
square at the ends but generally regu¬ 
lar. The possessor of such a hand is 
generally methodical, cautious, care¬ 
ful, fond of logic, reason, good scien¬ 
tist, lawyer or physician. 







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THE KNOTTY, OR PHILOSOPHIC, HAND. 

CUT NO. 5.—-The knotty, or philo¬ 
sophic, hand; a seeming rough, large- 
jointed, irregular hand, the phalanges 
of the fingers, and especially the 
thumb, are generally long and the 
joints large, which gives them a 
waspish appearance. The possessor 
of this hand is generally peculiar and 
different from other people, fatalistic 
in ideas, great resignation but very 









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philosophical. Then there is the 
mixed hand, containing elements of 
two or more types of hands. 

The student should get the sub¬ 
stance of these five plates well fixed 
in his head, so that when he sees a 
hand of the type of one of them he 
knows the nature of his man at once. 
But we seldom find a hand purely of 
any one of these types, but often they 
are mixed with two or more types. It 
is here that a familiarity with all of 
the types comes into play, as the stu¬ 
dent can then read the nature of the 
person readily. This now brings us 
to the fingers. 










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LESSON 4.—THE FINGERS. 

Question—How would you de¬ 
scribe the fingers and what do their 
shape denote? 

Answer—One would suppose, nat 1 
urally a small, delicate ham}, with 
tapering fingers would be the hand 
for fine and delicate work. Not so, 
however. The large, coarse and 
clumsy hand and fingers belong to 
those who' do the most delicate work 
and finest penmanship. The longer 
the fingers, however, the more the 
person is gliven to detail and exact¬ 
ness, and are subject to< worry over 
small things. 

Short fingers indicate carelessness 
and 1 neglect in habits and dress. If 
short fingers are thick or twisted, 
crooked, they denote cruelty and are 
apt to be found on the murderer’s 
hand. The possessor of such fingers 
I have found! to be ungrateful and sel¬ 
fish. 

Smooth and- transparent fineers 
show lack of discretion, thoughtful¬ 
ness and a chatter-box. 

Fingers that are wasp shape indi¬ 
cate benevolence and cleanliness. 


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Fingers that are hook-shaped and 
bending in liike bird’s claws indicate 
avarice and cunning. 

Fending backwards too much de¬ 
notes an inquisitive, gossipy, extrava¬ 
gant person, though a pleasant com¬ 
panion. 

Fingers too close together also 
show avarice. 

Fingers very wide apart, with large 
spaces or loops, indicate deceit and 
unusual curiosity; also generosity. 

The sqquare fingers generally be¬ 
long to the mixed or useful hand, and 
denotes reason and 1 accuracy; with 
large joints the person is also logical. 

Fingers very closely of one length 
indicate animal passion, thievishness, 
restlessness and ambition. 

If the first finger reaches below the 
first joiint of the second, it denotes 
good business tact, but one who loves 
to rule and tyranize. If it be unusu¬ 
ally short the person jumps at com- 
clusions. If of average length the per¬ 
son will be a searcher after truth, and 
is seldom unreasonable. 

Second, or middle, finger, well pro¬ 
portioned, denotes stability, force of 
character, but subject to melancholy; 


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if bad shaped and crooked it denotes 
a crooked mind. 

Third finger, well shaped, denotes 
love of art and generally good judges 
of art; if ill-shaped the reverse may be 
depended upon. 

If fourth finger is long, reaching to 
the nail of third finger, it denotes care¬ 
fulness, versatility, ease in conversa¬ 
tion, a great influence over others; if 
short the person is liable to often be 
doing things for which they are after¬ 
wards sony. 

Tips of fingers, if spatulate (wide), 
love of action, good business quali¬ 
ties. 

Pointed tips show impulsiveness, 
enthusiasm. 

Square tips denote reason, respect 
of proper authority, exactitude. 

Round tips denote love of the beau¬ 
tiful, romance and independence of 
mind. 




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THE PHALANG. 

A phalang is that part of the finger 
between two joints, or knuckles, and 
the first phalang as that of the nail 
end of the finger. The second phalang 
is the middle joint; the third phalang 
is that next the hand. 

Some authors make a great point 
in describing the variations of lengths 
of phalang. But I have found abso¬ 
lutely nothing in it and very seldom 
found any unnatural proportions in 
the phalangs. If, however, the fingers 
are long, with knotty joints, it denotes 
a philosophical mind; even joints 
may look prettier but denote less 
force of character. 




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THE THUMB. 

A large, well-developed thumb de¬ 
notes force of character. The first 
phalang, if large and well-developed, 
denotes will power. The second large, 
especially if waspish, denotes great 
reasoning power. The third phalang., 
well developed, denotes great affec¬ 
tion. The person with a large thumb 
will be ruled by the head. With a 
small thumb, the person will be ruled 
by the heart, easily influenced by oth¬ 
ers. A thumb that bends back far de¬ 
notes adaptability, an easy talker and 
liberal to extravagance. A stiff 
thumb denotes common sense, fair¬ 
ness. 



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LESSON NO. 5.—THE NAILS. 

Question—How many forms of 
nails are there? 

Answer—There are five differ¬ 
ent descriptions of nails—the long 
nail, the short nail, the filbert-shaped 
nail, the square nail and the fluted 
nail. 



Plat£ 6 
THE NAILS 


Question—Will you describe them 
and their meaning? 

Answer—A short, wide nail de¬ 
notes bad temper, and if bitten off 
close, nervousness as well. 















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Short nails also denotes skepticism, 
love or argument, and activity in bus¬ 
iness matters. 

A long nail denotes a better tem¬ 
per, if it is filbert-shaped, which it 
generally is, it leads to a dreamy, 
idealistic nature and less critical than 
the short-nailed person, though a 
short-nailed, person will see the quick¬ 
est. 

The square nail denotes pride, espe¬ 
cially in dress and personal appear¬ 
ance. 

The small nail, if fluted, denotes li¬ 
ability to> throat and bronical trou¬ 
bles ; while the wide-fluted nail de¬ 
notes danger of lung troubles. 








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LESSON NO. 6.—MANNER OF 
DECIDING LENGTH OF LIFE 
AND TIME OF EVENTS. 



ACES BY LIFE AND FATE LINES. 


Question—What should we take for 
the sixth lesson, and why? / 

Answer—We should now consider 
the length of life and time of events, 
else we are working in the dark and 












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are liable to state what might take 
place long after the person has left 
this earth. 

There are several rules for deciding 
length of life and time of events, but 
they are all very similar, and all 
hands are not of uniform size, hence 
a hand must be measured and the line 
divided into periods of five or ten 
years. We first take the life line at 
the base of the thumb, measure and 
divide it as in plate 7. Now, wher¬ 
ever we find a mingling of fine lines, 
the health has been in some way 
weakened,, but other evidence must be 
sought for which will be found de¬ 
scribed under the line of Hepatica, 
evidence found by position of signs. 
If the line in one hand is broken 
it denotes a narrow escape from 
death at the age where the break ap¬ 
pears ; if broken in both hands, or 
very short, it denotes death at the 
period of break, or ending of the line. 

Now if there is not a natural line 
running from the base of the second 
finger to the first line on the wrist 
called the bracelets (see cut No. 7), 
you should draw a line on paper of 
the length of the v hand there men- 


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tioned and divide it as represented in 
cut No. 7; this is called the fate line. 
The date of events is decided where 
the signs are found on that line, or 
where other lines which have events 
marked, touch that line. This we will 
go into more completely under the 
lesson on lines. 



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LESSON NO. 7.—THE SIGNS OF 
THE HAND. 

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sider next, and why? 


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Answer—We should, next con¬ 
sider the signs of the hands, that we 
may put them in their places and 
complete the study of the hand as we 
go along. 

Question—Should not all marks on 
the hand be called signs f* 

Answer—No. Mounts and lines 
are places and roadways by which 
we may know we are following the 
true pathway of destiny. 

Question—How many signs are 
there? 

Answer—Eighteen. No. i, ascend¬ 
ing and descending lines; 2, angles; 
3, ,triangles; 4, branches; 5, broken 
lines; 6, chane lines; 7, circles; 8, 
crosses; 9, dots; 10, grills; 11, isl¬ 
ands; 12, parallels; 13, rays; 14, sis¬ 
ter lines; 15, squares; 16, stars; 17, 
tassels ; 18 ,wave lines. 

No. 1—The ascending and descend¬ 
ing line is where £ line suddenly rises 
or falls from the regular course. The 
ascending line means ambition, the 
descending line means failure, weak¬ 
ness. 

No. 2 , THE ANGLE—Disappoint¬ 
ment, danger. 


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No. 3, THE TRIANGLE—De¬ 
notes shrewdness and adaptability to 
science. 

No. 4, BRANCHES running from 
the [ thick part of a line toward the 
thin part denotes success; the reverse 
denotes misfortune. 

No. 5, BREAKS in any line indi¬ 
cate an interruption as positive end¬ 
ing of events designated by the line 
on which they are found. 

No. 6, CHAIN LINES, denote 
fickleness or lack of stability. 

No. 7, CIRCLES, are very rare 
and invariably denote evil except 
when found on the mount of APOL¬ 
LO ; here they denote great success. 

No. 8, CROSSES, denote good or 
bad luck according to their, position. 

No. 9, DOTS, generally refer to the 
health, though like nearly all signs, 
they have a different meaning accord¬ 
ing to locality; yet white dots are al¬ 
ways good. 

No. io, GRILLS, are unfavorable 
wherever found, and bring evil in the 
direction where found. 

No. ii, ISLANDS, mean misfor¬ 
tune or disgrace^ 


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No. 12, PARALLELS—Exeration 
of the mounts or line where found. 

No. 13, RAYS—Conflicting in 
meaning, according to where found'. 

No., 14, SISTER LINES— 
Strength to the natural line. 

No. 15, SQUARES—Protection, 
according to where found. If they 
contain red dots it is sure protection 
from fire. 

No. 16, STARS—Denote unavoid¬ 
able events. 

No. 17, TASSELS—Denote fickle¬ 
ness, where found. 

No. 18, WAVE LINES—Denote 
weakness, where found. 

Besides these signs there are some¬ 
times combinations of lines forming 
letters of the alphabet, and some 
palmists find,meanings for them, but 
in reality they are not to be depend¬ 
ed upon unless used to awaken the 
psychic faculties. See lesson on 
secrets, of palmistry . 

As I now describe the palms, 
mounts and lines, I will give the 
meanings of such signs as found on 
the place described, and will not men¬ 
tion the others not found there. 



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LESSON NO. 8.—THE PALMS. 

Question—Why do we next de¬ 
scribe the palms? 

Answer—Because we have now 
reached the proper groundwork of 
palmistry and the source from which 
all lines and signs point. 

The palm of the hand and the 
quadrangle. 

The palm of the hand really indi¬ 
cates, our social position; many lines 
in the palm of the Jiand show both 
physical and moral weakness, unless 
strongly contradicted by other evi¬ 
dence. 

The quadrangle is not a sign in the 
proper sense, but belongs to the palm 
of the hand. ; It is the long angle 
formed in the palm by the life line, 
the head line and the health line called 
Hepatica, or line, of liver. When it is 
very small it denotes lack of moral 
or physical courage; when fairly well 
developed it denotes argument; when 
very large it denotes nobleness, gen¬ 
erosity. Grosses in the angle denote 
inheritance. Squares, protection 
against jealous rivals in social afifairs. 
Stars, a rising, favorable destiny. 


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A thin, narrow palm indicates re¬ 
serve, timidity and nervousness. 
When the palm is well proportioned 
to the hand and firm it denotes ad¬ 
hesiveness of purpose and a well- 
balanced mind. 

When the palm is very flabby and 
soft it denotes love of luxury and in¬ 
dolence, and you may look for sensu¬ 
ality, especially with a well-developed 
Mount Venus. 

A too hollow, palm is considered 
rather unfortunate, indicating trouble, 
disappointment when well under the 
fate line it is dangerous to his 
health, life and general happiness; 
when under the life line it denotes a 
troubled domestic life and weak con¬ 
stitution ; when under the head line 
or line of business, it denotes disap¬ 
pointments lin, business in general: 
when under Apollo, dishonor; when 
well under the heart line, disappoint¬ 
ment in love affairs, and other afflic¬ 
tions. 

A thick, clumsy palm denotes brute 
force, stubborness, and generally 
coarse in manners. But other evi¬ 
dences must be considered. 


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LESSON NO. 9.—THE MOUNTS. 



Plate 9 

THE MOUNTS OF THE HAND. 

Question—How many mounts are 
there? 

n. ft 

Answer—Twenty. 

Question—Name them. 

ARIES, TAURUS, GEMINI, 
CANCER, LEO, VIRGO, LIBRA, 
SCORPIO, SAGGITARIUS, CAP- 
RI CORN US, AOUARTUS, PIS- 











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OEiS. These are the mounts on the 
fingers named after the twelve signs 
ot the Zodiac. MERCURY, VENUS, 
JUPITER, SATURN, MiOONi and 
the greater and lesser mounts of 
MARS. These are named after the 
planets. 

• Question^—Locate and describe the 
mounts. 

Answer—The fleshy part of the 
inside of the fingers bare the mounts 
named after the twelve signs of the 
Zodiac, and those on the hand are 
named after the planets. This is more 
for designating positions and mean¬ 
ings than for any resemblance to 
planitory influence. A fleshy hand 
may show full mounts when in fact 
the mounts are flat, therefore it re¬ 
quires the exercise of a good deal of 
care to discern the comparative full¬ 
ness of the mounts. Besides, a mount 
or any sign on the hand may indicate 
an extremely good or extremely evil 
event, and it might be belanced by 
some other sign. The students must 
exercise great care in these things. 

Mt. Aries is the first phalang of the 
first, or index, finger, and denotes 
mental order. If full it is large and 


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diminishes as the mount flattens. It 
must be noted, however, if the whole 
hand is fleshy the mounts may be full 
or flat in proportion to the shape of 
the hand. A star on Mt. Aries de¬ 
notes mental success, a circle 
profligacy, a cross literary success. 

Mt. Taurus is on the second 
phalang of the first finger and denotes 
material order, according to fullness; 
transverse or cross lines, enviousness. 

Mt. Gemini, third phalang,* de¬ 
notes flashy temper, according to full¬ 
ness ; many lines, riches. 

Capricornus, first phalang of sec¬ 
ond finger, denotes reverence and 
duty, according to fullness; crosses, 
failure in business; stars, detrimental 
casualties, danger of asslination. 

All mounts hereafter will be judged 
according to fullness; if overfull or 
marked by small parallel lines it les¬ 
sens the influence of the mount. 

Mt. Acquarius, on second phalang 
of second finger, denotes friendship; 
angles, true ; crosses, troubles and few 
friends. 

Mt. Pisces, third phalang of second 
finger, perceptions; with a triangle, 
fine occult and psychic powers; hori- 


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zontal lines, inheritance. 

Mt. Cancer, first phalang. of third 
finger, intuition; cross, chastity, espe¬ 
cially with a full Jupiter. 

Mt. Leo, second phalang on third 
finger, reason; deep lines, talent. 

Mt. Virgo, third phalang on third 
finger, vitality and material instinct; 
circles or semi-circles, unhappiness; 
one line, wisdom; more lines, scat¬ 
tered forces. 

Mt. Libra, first phalang of fourth 
finger, a deep cut line, veracity; ex¬ 
tending to the next sign, rectitude. 

Mt. Scorpio, second phalang of 
fourth finger, denotes persistency of 
purpose, and with above mentioned 
lines extending through it, great ver- 
sataliity. 

Mt. Saggitarius, third phalang 
of fourth finger, denotes moral char¬ 
acter ; many lines, scattered forces; 
cross, trouble with opposite sex. 

The mounts on the hands are 
named after the planets merely for fa¬ 
miliar names, and when all are uni¬ 
formly full it denotes a harmonious 
existence with peace and plenty. 


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JUPITER. 


Mt. Jupiter is under the first finger 
and denotes religious inclinations, de¬ 
sire for power and honor, pride and 
success. When large with Saturn 
large, honor and 1 success is insured, 
with Mercury large Love of exact 
science. With Venus large, Pleasant 
sociable nature. Wiith Moon large, 
Sobriety and honesty. With Mars 
large, Self-confidence and bravery. 
The mount flat but with one line is 
equivalent to a perfect mount. One 
line—(Success; many lines on the 
mount, Persistency, but unlucky ef¬ 
forts. Many cross lines, Somewhat 
loose in morals. 

A Square—Protection from loss 
and dishonor. 



3 ^ 

A Cross and Star—A brilliant mar¬ 
riage. 

Very Fine Lines—Wounds on 
head. 

A Cross—A happy marriage. 

A Circle—Dishonor. 

A Star—Ambition fully satisfied. 

A Triangle—A good politician and 
diplomat. 

A Grill—Vanity, superstition. 

Letters and other markings must 
be judged according to (intuitive 
sense (see lesson n.) 



SATURN. 


Mt. Saturn, located at the base of 
the second finger. It is a very im¬ 
portant mount as it is the source of 
the fate line, and all markings pertain¬ 
ing to it should be viewed with a criti¬ 
cal eye. If this mount is very large 
it often denotes great love of muslic. 


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It also denotes melancholy, and with 
bad signs constant horror, fear, dread, 
possibility of insanity and 1 suicide. 

If medium it denotes great cau¬ 
tiousness, sensitiveness, quietude, few 
friends. If absent an (insignificant 
life. Crowded into Jupiter it par¬ 
takes of the influence of Jupiter and 
lends influence to Jupiter of its na¬ 
ture. If crowded into Apollo it in¬ 
fluences that sign and is influenced by 
it and fate may be fought wfith suc¬ 
cess. 

With Mt. Apollo* full, good taste 
and veneration, with bad lines, it is 
the reverse. With Mercury full and 
other good lines, it denotes wit, mirth, 
intellect. 

With Mars full, it denotes comba¬ 
tiveness, wilfullness. 

With Venus larg-e. great affections, 
and love of occult science. 

Mt. of Moon full, with good lines it 
denotes excessive affectation and g-en- 
erositv bordering onto follv, with a 
bad hand deception and licentious¬ 
ness. 

A sin Me line on Mt. Saturn—Great 
p-ood luck. The more numerous the 
lines the greater the ill luck. With 


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lines close to the Mount Jupiter shows 
a gradual but sure rise in life. 

A Cross—Dishonesty and no chil¬ 
dren. 

A Square—Protection against fa¬ 
talities. 

A Star—A terrible fatality to ibe 
judged by other signs. 

A Grill—Ill luck throughout life. 

Other signs must be judged by les¬ 
son eleven. 










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Mt. Apollo or Sun situated 1 at the 
base of the third finger denotes form, 
love of art and beauty. When ex¬ 
cessively large it denotes vanity, love 
of flattery, apt to think they are not 
appreciated. Medium denotes gener¬ 
osity, assured fame and success. 
Large, Self-confidence, inventive, af¬ 
fectionate, not sensual, persistent but 
not foolish, but not generally lucky in 
marital relations. Absent, No inter¬ 
est in art or science dull in intellect. 

When medium with full Mt. Mer¬ 
cury, eloquent in discussing art, 
science and literature. Medium with 
medium Venus, great ability and de¬ 
sire to please. Medium with medium 
Mars, vigor and persistency in the 
pursuit of art and science. Medium 
with medium Mt. of Moon, great yet 
useful imagination, and guileless. A 
single line, wealth and fame. Two 








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lines, great ability with little success. 
With crosses, spells of ill luck; wfith 
a square besides, positive overcoming 
of enemies or bad luck. A cross with 
the line of the sun, great fortune late 
in life, sometimes undeserved ill luck 
for a time. A circle or a star, posi¬ 
tive great fame and wealth. A tri¬ 
angle, many friends and art assisted 
by science. A grill, foolish vanity. 



Mt. Mercury is at the base of the 
little or fourth finger, denotes love of 
excitement and) change also intellect 
and mimicry. If extremely large, it 
denotes trickery and deception, sel¬ 
fishness and dishonesty. If medium, a 
wit, versatility, eloquence and literary 
ability, retentive memory and brilliant 
in oratory, and a great story teller. 
If it be absent, shallow and pretend- 












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itig. If medium and Venus be 
medium, it denotes strong friendship, 
love of humanity, and benevolence. 
Medium with Mt. Mars medium, 
good will force and diplomatic ability. 
A military genius will have these 
mounts full 

Medium with Mt. of the Moon 
medium, quick in thought and act, 
and handsome in appearance though 
generally small of stature. With one 
line, unexpected good fortune. Sev¬ 
eral mixed or short lines, scientific 
mind with great shrewdness. A cross, 
evil disposition and ill luck. A star, 
persistent dishonesty. A circle, death 
by drowning. A grlill, violent death. 
A triangle, a shrewd politician. A 
dot, failure in business. A square, 
protection from financial loss. 







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Mt. Mars, located above Mt. Mer¬ 
cury and under the second joint of 
thumb. The valley between the 
mounts is called the plain of Mars, 
generally marked in Mars with a dag¬ 
ger. When badly lined it denotes 
great evil, but there are seldom any 
markings on the two mounts, and 
when there is any markings they 
should be read by judgment or ac¬ 
cording to instructions in lesson 
eleven. But they generally refer to 
passions. 



Mt. Venus is located on the thick 
part of the thumb, denotes affection. 
If excessively full with bad markings 
it denotes licentiousness. Moderate¬ 
ly full, great affection and honor. 
Absent or very low lack of affection 
and, with little spirit or activity, un¬ 
desirable companions. A quantity of 



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lines, troubled affections. A triangle, 
many true friends. A cross, disap¬ 
pointment iin love. A circle, death of 
husband! or wife by drowning. A 
dot, a bad disease caused 1 by love af¬ 
fairs. A grill, licentiousness. A 
square, protection from designing 
people of opposite sex. 



MOON^Friends 


Mt. of Moon, located near percus¬ 
sion or opposite to Mt. Venus, repre¬ 
sents idealism, imagination, love of 
poetry. When over full, it represents 
a diseased imagination, possible in¬ 
sanity. If high and long, love of 
meditation, a kindly feeling, love of 
water or navigation. If medium, 
• hi Mi ideal of music and art, and 

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strong poetic sense of justice. One 
line, presentment of evil; if very long 



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it denotes rheumatic troubles. Many 
lines, tending to insanity. Dot or 
dots, nervous debility and unavoida¬ 
ble mind trouble. With circle, death 
by drowning. A square, protection 
from all manner of ills which this 
mount denotes. Other signs and 
marks must be referred to lesson 
eleven. 



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LESSON NO. 10. 
LINES OF THE HAND. 



PRINCIPAL LINES OF THE HAND 

Question—What do we mean when 
we speak of the lines of the hand!? 

Answer—We mean the chief lines 
of the hands and not the small chance 
line which we designate as signs. 
















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Question—How many main lines 
are there? 

Answer—There are eleven. No. i. 
Line of life. 2. Line of Mars. 3. 
Line of fate. 4. Line of Apollo. 5. 
Line of Heptiea. 6. Luna line or line 
of the Moon. 7. Girdle of Venus. 
8. Line or lines of marriage. 9. Line 
of heart. 10. Line of head. 11. 
The bracelets. These are seldom all 
found in one person’s hand and are 
often double, branched or mingled. 
It requires great judgment to read 
them properly. (See cut No. 10.) 

Question—Why should we be par¬ 
ticular to examine both hands? 

Answer—Because the lines in the two 
hand's often differ and we must bal¬ 
ance their markings to get the true 
meanings. As it is claimed the left 
hand' is the one we are born with, so 
to speak, and the right hand the one 
we develop most, though I have no¬ 
ticed we develop both hands. But 
the true Palmist will be able to- see 
how much progress a person is mak¬ 
ing while fighting off destined ap¬ 
proaching evils. 

The beauties of the knowledge of 
palmistry is that all people are born 


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to develop a character and the palmist 
can read what is before him, and he is 
thus enabled to change much of what 
otherwise would become destiny. 
This is why people often notice 
changing lines in their hands. They 
have overcome, or developed evils 
/fhat were presented to them. 

’ It may be asked “How can there be 
a destiny if man can change what is 
seemingly laid out for him?” You 
can not change absolute destiny. 
But every person can overcome some 
evils that are to be presented to him, 
and thus live above his destiny. Then 
is it not a grand privilege to study 
the destined temptations, recorded in 
our hands, in our faces, in our heads, 
in the stars, in the spiritual oura sur¬ 
rounding us. 

Question—What lines would you 
examine first and why? 

Answer—I would examine the lines 
of life and health first because by 
these we must judge time and force 
of events. (See plates No. 7 and 10.) 

Question—-Describe the method of 
defining age and* time of events. 

Answer—First measure the length 


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of hand from Mt. Saturn or Apollo 
to the first 'bracelet, call it one hun¬ 
dred years and divide into periods of 
twenty parts of five years each in the 
form of diagram. Now you may 
judge events by the positions of signs 
and lines marked on the line of fate 
which may or may not be well de¬ 
fined. Now take the line of life en¬ 
circling the thumb and divide. (See 
. cut 7.) This will show periods of 
events as close as can be estimated. 
Where deah takes place, or periods 
where health is effected. Now for the 
testimony, the number of bracelets 
must be noted, as well as the condi¬ 
tion of other evidence concerning 
health. 

Question—Where are the bracelets 
located and what do they signify? 

Answer—The bracelets are on the 
wrists and their number and condition 
determine the length of life. When 
testimonies are found favorable one 
bracelet, well defined and clear, means 
thirty years, two sixty years, three 
seventy years, four eighty years, five 
ninety years. If the first or first and 
second bracelet are chained it means 
much worry andl labor in early life; 


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crowned with success late in life, with 
a star it is positive. If the bracelets 
are poorly formed it means a life of 
extravagance, if not dissipation. 
Lines running from bracelets down 
toward Mt. of Moon denotes travel. 
To be estimated by length and num¬ 
ber of lines. The longer the greater 
the journey. If a travel line runs 
from bracelet to Mt. Saturn, but does 
not touch it, the person will go a jour¬ 
ney from which he wiill never return. 
If the bracelets are clear and well de¬ 
fined, and 1 other testimony good it in¬ 
dicates untroubled life, old age and 
great prosperity. But though there 
may be four bracelets and a broken 
line of health, and bad line of life, if, 
without squares of protection on 
either line; the life is not likely to be 
a long one. 

LINE OF HEALTH. 

Question—Will you describe the 
line of health? 

Answer—The line of Hepatica, or 
line of health, runs from base of 
fourth or little finger up along the 
Mt. of the Moon. If it be well de¬ 
fined it means good health, especially 
if accompanied by the Luna line, or 


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line of Mt. Moon, called Vialasgina, 
or siister line. Or if the line be ab¬ 
sent altogether it denotes good health. 
But if badly broken it means bad 
health. But, of course, should be 
judged by testimonies as described 
before. 

LINE OF LIFE. 

Question—Will you describe the 
line of life? 

Answer—The line of life encircles 
the base of the thumb, and rules 
length of life and health, according to 
other testimony found below. Though 
there be four bracelets, if the life line 
be broken it indicates great illness and 
danger. 

If both are broken life is cut off un¬ 
less a square is found on it, then it 
means protection, from threatened 
danger. A star on the life line, un¬ 
avoidable destiny and death will oc¬ 
cur at the age where the break is 
found. If the life line is pale and thin 
or full of fine branches it indicates 
much ill health. But if there be a 
good sister line, or well developed 
health line, the illness will not leave 
a baleful of influence. 


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It is generally supposed the shorter 
the life line the shorter the life, but 
the number of bracelets, and position 
of squares must be taken in to con¬ 
sideration as well. If the life line is 
chained or frayed with fine lines un¬ 
der Jupiter it denotes much ill health 
in early life. If thick and red, violent 
temper. Various thicknesses, change¬ 
able temper. Describing a large cir¬ 
cle and running high on the hand or 
wrist denotes long life. Extending 
clear down under Jupiter, ambition 
and honor. A circle on life line de¬ 
notes death by drowning. A black 
dot, death by poison, knife or bullet. 
A red dot, death by fire. If all other 
signs are favorable these last men¬ 
tioned may be only afflictions and es¬ 
capes. A line rising on life line and 
ending on Mt. of Moon, denotes al¬ 
coholic troubles, especially if sup¬ 
ported by testimony. A circle and 
spot denotes blindness. Life line 
forked near the wrist with dots on 
heart line denotes organic heart trou¬ 
ble. If the llife and sister line seem 
to end with a star and then go on 
deep it indicates positive fate of long 
life, great honor and prosperity. A 


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line from Mt. Venus crossing the life 
line denotes misfortunes caused by 
others. A ray from life cutting 
Apollo, great loss of money, accident 
in early liife. A cross at base of line 
of life under Jupiter, assistance from 
powerful friends. Line of life close 
to the thumb, childlessness, especially 
if a star is found joining the line of 
health and line of head. Line of life 
running to Mt. of Moon, confirmed 
by black spot on line of head, in both 
hands or star on Mt. of Moon or isl¬ 
and on life line. It indicates illness 
through excesses. A black dot on 
line of life with a line rising from lit 
shows nervous disability at the age 
mark where it is found. 

Line of Mars or sister line to line 
of life strengthens the line of life, if 
very deep denotes high temper, if well 
developed fame and success, especial¬ 
ly if found on both hands, a star upon 
it and life line, with a well developed 
line of Apollo, indicates positive good 
fortune and fame late in life. 

Testimony will be found in a cross 
in quadrangle, the cross touching the 
line of head, or line of Apollo, run¬ 
ning high up toward bracelets. It 


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denotes brilliancy and fame, and well 
liked by the opposite sex. But if a 
cross circle or islands are upon it, it 
denotes mental trouble. With a star, 
these are unavoidable. With a square 
and no star, they may be avoided. If 
the line of life runs to Mt. of Moon 
and confirmed by testimony of a black 
dot on line of headlin both hands or a 
star on Mt. of Moon. It denotes ill¬ 
ness through excesses. Testimony 
a double or wavy line of fate with 
pale wide line of heart. A black dot 
on line of life with line rising from it 
denotes nervous disability. 



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LINE OF FATE. 

Question—Will you now define the 
line of fate? 

Answer—The line of fate, called 
line of Saturn, line of travel and by 
other names. It arises at the wrist 
and runs down to Mt. Saturn at the 
base of second finger. It is a very 
important line, as by it our fate is 
more clearly defined, especially in 
matters of great import. With other 
testimony of fate, events where the 
fate line} touches. If the fate dine 
touches the life line at a break, life 
generally goes out. When this line is 
clear and .well defined running the 
whole length of the hand, with other 
favorable testimony, the person is 
destined to long life and great suc¬ 
cess, through personal merit. If run¬ 
ning only to the plain of Mars there 
will be trouble in early life. But if 
well developed on Mt. Saturn, the for¬ 
tune will improve. If starting at the 
Mt. of the Moon and running down, 
it indicates good fortune, though it 
depends largely on others. If the 
line is uncrossed, it indicates wealth 
by inheritance. When running to 


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Mt. Apollo, it denotes success through 
art, literature, or the stage. Going to 
Mt. Mercury, it denotes wealth by 
commerce, science or eloquence. If 
it runs on to the second finger it is a 
very bad sign, denoting much trou¬ 
ble. When the line is broken or 
stops at the heart line, it denotes dis¬ 
aster through love affairs. Inter¬ 
mingled or run into by the Luna line, 
it denotes mental trouble, or trouble 
through drink. If much broken in 
the center of the hand, it denotes fail¬ 
ures in middle life. Broken up all 
the way through, denotes a worried 
unsatisfactory life. Attendant lines 
running parallel, denotes influence 
by others. If it rise at wrist and ter¬ 
minate at head line, failure in busi¬ 
ness. Branch toward the wrist on the 
life-line side, denotes financial trou¬ 
bles. Branches going toward Mt. 
Apollo, financial success. Crosses, 
unhappiness at their position on the 
line; low down near Saturn, a change 
of life. Between heart and headlines, 
loss of a loved one. An island near 
between Mt. Venus and line of heart, 
divorce. Beginning with an island 
and an island on life liine, mystery of 


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birth. Split or zigzag at point of 
starting, unhappy childhood. Line 
starting at center of hand and run¬ 
ning down to second joint of second 
finger, imprisonment and likely death 
in prison, with a circle added it is the 
mark of murder. It is claimed that 
the line running straight down to 
Saturn and; ending with a cross it is 
sure death by fire. It is claimed that 
every victim of the Hotel Windsor 
fire had such a line. You may judge 
of the amount of travel a person will 
do by the well-defined line of fate. 



LINE OF HEAD. 

Question—Will you now define the 
head or business line? 

Answer—The line of head arises on 
the side of the hand between Mt. 
Jupiter and the life line, or with the 
life line and runs slanting upward to¬ 
ward the opposite side of the hand. 
When well separated from life line it 
denotes dash, daring, self-confidence 


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with ability to carry out new ideas, 
and force of character. If too wide 
and frayed, it indicates impulsiveness, 
folly, conceit. When joined to the 
life line, lack of self-confidence. If it 
extends clear across the hand it de¬ 
notes great selfishness. To be a real¬ 
ly good head line it should run two- 
thirds of the way across tending up¬ 
ward toward the Mt. of the Moon. 
This will show good understanding, 
sound judgment, and good common 
sense. If it be too sloping it will in¬ 
dicate a vivid imagination, ideality 
and strong literary ability. Extend¬ 
on to the Mt. Moon it will show a 
wandering literary tendency. If it 
keeps on to the wrist lunacy may be 
looked for. An even small fork at 
the end of the line, denotes a person 
far-seeing, intelligent, inventive, gen¬ 
erous and of a poetic taste. A star 
anywhere on this line denotes a 
wound. An island, delerium in ill¬ 
ness. Red dots, indicate wounds and 
damage byr fie. Black dots, danger 
or suicide, or insanity. White dots, 
final success. A square denotes pro¬ 
tection from loss and danger. When 
the head line is very short, the per- 


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son will be short-sighted, seeing only 
one side of a question, but sees it 
very clearly. If the line stops short 
under Saturn it denotes sudden and 
violent death. 

When the head line rises on Mt. 
Jupiter (very rare) it denotes ambi¬ 
tion and with other favorable testi- 
mohy very favorable success. Well 
developed with good Mts. J upiter and 
Mars, powerful ability for concentra¬ 
tion of mind. Long and narrow, 
with good Mt. Venus, constancy. A 
short line with low Mt. Jupiter and 
large Venus, laziness. If the hands 
be hard and the head line pale and 
broad, it denotes dull intellect. If 

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long and running up toward Mt. of 
Moon, with testimony, of a square on 
Mt. Jupiter it denotes eloquence. Or 
with second and third finger near the 
same length it denotes love of games 
of chance. Terminating on lower Mt. 
of Mars, presence of mind. Broken 
in both hands, under Mt. Saturn, 
wounds. Broken under Mt. Apollo, 
accident through a quadruped. 
Joined in line of heart under Mt. Sa¬ 
turn, fatal events. Line crossed by 
line of sun, with white dots, great lit- 


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erary success. Sloping almost to 
bracelet, violent death. Line of head 
joined to line of health, with a poor 
line of fate, many crosses on line of 
life, or a circle on line of fate, is a 
sure indication of suicide. 



LINE OF APOLLO. 

Question—Is the line of Apollo an 
important line? 

Answer—Yes, the line of Apollo is 
a very important line because every 
person is interested in their success 
and station in life, and as the lines of 
health and length of life were grouped 
so do we group the lines of business 
and honor. As the head line points 
to business qualities so does the line 



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of Apollo point to the grade and 
order of abilities and the success like¬ 
ly to be reached in them. 

The line of Apollo, or line of the 
Sun, rises on Mt. of Moon and runs 
down through Mt. Apollo to the third 
finger, and denotes talent and success. 
It is best when it runs into the fate 
line, for when it stands alone and well 
developed, the subject is generally too 
versatile and scattered in forces, 
though he is deep and possessed of 
many resources. As this line short¬ 
ens it looses its effects. Many lines 
on Mt. Apollo denotes many re¬ 
sources. When the line is too full it 
indicates the possessor is exceedingly 
sensitive. When the line is much 
broken up it tells of too many irons 
in the fire. Rising from line of life 
and fate great success in old age. 
Cut by a marriage line, loss of posi¬ 
tion and reputation by domestic trou¬ 
bles. Confused and broken in¬ 
side the quadrangle, series of mis¬ 
fortunes in the struggle for recogni¬ 
tion of abilities, but successful in the 
end. Chained and mingled with line 
of health, much worry. Absent or 
badly cut up through the center of the 


hand, financial failure. If it contin¬ 
ues on clear, final success. Two 
parallel lines either side of the line, on 
the Mit. of Apollo, all deep, great 
glory late in life. An angle, power. 
A branch connecting heart line, a 
happy and famous marriage. A 
cross, a pious disposition. A circle, 
extraordinary success and 1 glory. A 
square, protected from jealous rivals. 
A black spot, danger of blindness. 
An island, success hindered by illness. 
A star, positive success or failure, ac¬ 
cording to other evidence on the line. 



GIRDLE OF VENUS. 
Question—We have now reached 
that all absorbing question of love and 
marriage and will you tell us what 




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lines are grouped here and why? 

Answer—Yes, the gridle of Venus 
is included because it denotes fineness 
of feeling. We include the line of 
heart because by it we judge the af¬ 
fairs of the heart. We include in the 
group the marriage lines to denote 
the number of marriages. 

Question—Please define the girdle 
of Venus? 

Answer—The girdle of Venus is a 
circle extending from between the 
first and second finger and third and 
fourth fingers, in the form of a half 
circle. English writers generally 
claim this to be a mark of licentious¬ 
ness. But admit that in American 
hands it is a mark of refinement, will 
force and great psychic power. But 
I have never found it on a very young 
person’s hand; and have found it only 
on the hands of really intelligent peo¬ 
ple, and have known it to develop in 
a few months on the hand of a stu¬ 
dent of occult science; this I take to 
express interest in and volum of oc¬ 
cult forces, of the possessor. But I 
may also say that in the hand of the 
psychic or refined person it denotes 


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great affection and spirituality, yet I 
have seen it in the hand of a Liber¬ 
tine and an Atheist. But in these 
were marks of refinement and spirit¬ 
uality, and the hand must be very, 
very bad 1 , indeed, where this line in its 
self, denotes evil or rather is taken to 
denote evil. An angle touching this 
line denotes an elevating tendency, if 
it also touches the heart line the ten¬ 
dency will be there, if the line of 
Apollo, it shows assistance to that 
line. A cross denotes disappointed 
affections. A square, protection from 
designs from the opposite sex. A 
star, destiny, fixed by the influence of 
this girdle. 



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LINES OF MARAGE. 

Question—Will you locate and de¬ 
fine the lines of marriage? 

Answer—Yes, the lines of mar¬ 
riage are on the side of the hand near 
Mt. Mercury, or base of the little 
finger. These lines run up toward 
the line of heart If there are a num¬ 
ber, the deepest and longest represent 
the marriage line or lines. But it 
must be marked in both hands and in 
corresponding positions. The short 
fine lines represent so many flirta¬ 
tions. By some it is claimed they de¬ 
note the number of children. If the 
marriage lines are cut with many 
cross lines it denotes disputes and 
quarrels. When sloping toward the 
line of heart, the affections have been 
more or less engaged by others. If 
any of these lines terminate in a fork 
it denotes a broken engagement, the 
testimony of this will be found in a 
broken heart line. If the fork runs 
on, to Mt. Mercury the engagement is 
broken by the person themselves. If 
on the outside of the hand, the other 
party breaks it. If the marriage line 
lies close to the heart line, the mar- 


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riage will be early. When close to 
the little finger and high on the Mt., 
the person will marry late in life. 
When the marriage line is broken it 
denotes divorce. If at that point an¬ 
other line cross it the trouble is 
caused by outside parties. If a 
square be on the line the danger will 
be prevented. An island on the line 
shows temporary separation. An un¬ 
broken line from Venus, or from the 
line of life touching the marriage line 
is a sure sign of an unhappy married 
life, and if the marriage line drops to¬ 
ward it in a fork, divorce is sure. If 
the marriage line drops with a cross 
the subject will lose the married part¬ 
ner by death. A cross on Mt. Jupiter 
is testimony of a happy marriage. A 
fine line close to the life line, but not 
the sister life line, it is a sign of mar¬ 
riage, and by the figures on the dia¬ 
gram you may see what time of life 
marriage takes place. Also a fine 
short line parallel to the line of fate, 
and 1 touching it denotes marriage and 
the figures on that line show the age 
that marriage takes place. A line 
running from Mt. of Moon near wrist 
to center of hand touching line of 


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heart near middle of hand, denotes 
marriage to a rich partner. 


LINE OF HEART. 


Question—Will you now define the 
line of heart? 


Answer—The line of heart arises 
over Mt. Mercury at the base of the 
little finger, at the percussion or side 
of the hand and runs across the hand 
ending sometimes between Apollo 
and Saturn, and sometimes away over 
on to Mt. Jupiter at the base of the 
first finger. Sometimes, but seldom, 
it turns toward the head line. In the 
latter case all affairs of the heart are 
ruled by the head. But otherwise the 
line of heart always rules all affairs of 
the) heart by the heart. The deeper 
and clearer this line the purer and 
stronger the affections, though in an 



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emotional hand the line may show 
many fine lines which indicate the af¬ 
fections of the heart not fully satis¬ 
fied, if this be coupled with the line 
very long and ending on Jupiter the 
person is constant and faithful any¬ 
way, and if it is forked it shows a per¬ 
sistency to do right. If the line is 
chained, and Venus over full and 
checked it indicates a tendency to flir¬ 
tation. But let Venus be flat, there is 
but little affection. 

If the heart line is spotted with 
deep dots, it indicates either organic 
heart troubles or many disappointed 
affections which must be shown by 
other evidences. If the line of heart 
be broken under Mt. Saturn grave 
dangers by heart disease is certain. 
Another testimony to the above is a 
flat pulpy hand. A pale, wavy line of 
heart also denotes heart weakness 
and small affections. A double heart 
line, deep effections which will cause 
sorrow. Ending undier third finger, 
failure in everything. Ending under 
Saturn, happiness and sensuality. 
Ending between Saturn and Jupiter, 
jealousy. Ending on Jupiter, happi¬ 
ness. If this be very thin and long 


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and with hat Venus, a murderous in¬ 
stinct, especially when supported with 
other evil testimony. Much broken, 
contempt for opposite sex. Ending 
under Jupiter without branches, pov¬ 
erty. A cross at the junction of fate 
line, financial troubles. Red dots, 
wounds. White dots, success ini love 
affairs. Islands, grave infidelities, 
and with testimony by island on fate 
line, adulterous love that stops at 
nothing. 




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LESSON ii. 

THE GREAT SECRET OF 
PALMISTRY. 

Question—Will you tell the public 
the great secret of palmistry? 

Answer—Yes. But first I would 
ask the reader to note with what care 
this book is written. How every¬ 
thing is classified and made as com¬ 
prehensive as possible and yet there 
are many cross lines and specifica¬ 
tions left out; nor could a book fifty 
times as large as this hold all of the 
different combinations and ramifica¬ 
tions of lines and signs that appear in 
the human hand; for there are no two 
hands exactly alike. Then what 
sense is there in publishing a cut of 
the hand of this or that notable, un¬ 
less to satisfy curiosity. It must cer¬ 
tainly confuse the student. Do you 
suppose you can remember all of the 
markings described in this little book? 
Who have proved better palmists 
than the wandering Gypsys? Even 


;o 


they who have no education. Then 
do you think they remember the 
thousands of different markings of 
the, human hand? Or even remem¬ 
bering, be able to pick up the human 
hand, and in five, ten or fifteen min¬ 
utes be able to tell you of events cov¬ 
ering years of experience, and fixing 
times and dates? 

I answer No. 

Then how dO' they reach such ac¬ 
curacy in delineating character? 

I answer by the development of the 
psychic powers. 

Oh! do not get excited and offer 
a snear. 

Did God Almighty grant to man 
less powers than he gave to the lower 
animals. Who has not heard of the 
unerring instinct of the bloodhound? 
There are other species more intelli¬ 
gent, yet who have not been trained 
to 1 ' it, and have the instinct to a much 
less degree, and as training is neg¬ 
lected from generation to generation 
the nature changes and the peculiar 
instinct dies out. Who has not heard 
the familiar saying “And the cat came 
back”? Dogs and cats have been 
blindfolded and taken rnany miles 


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from home and kept for some time 
and where it was seemingly impossi¬ 
ble for them to i find their way back, or 
even to get back if they knew the 
the way, having to board train or 
boat, yet they in some mysterious 
way did return. 

I myself tried a very curious ex¬ 
periment, which I will relate. My 
wife gave a full grown cat to a Mrs. 
Perry who still lives in Detroit and 
can testify to what I say. Mrs. 
Perry lived about a mile from us by 
the way we had to go to her house. 
The cat seemed well contented with 
her home, and was not confined but 
went around over the whole neigh¬ 
borhood as I had often seen her 
crossing the road or at, a neighbor’s 
house. I had to call there on busi¬ 
ness nearly every week. The cat 
would come to.< me at my call and sit 
6n my knee for a little while. Fin¬ 
ally one day I said to Mrs. Perry, 
who, by the way, is a very intelligent 
lady and loves to pry into the myster¬ 
ies of life. “I am going to try an 
experiment with this cat. I am go¬ 
ing to tell her to come home.” 
“Oh !” says Mrs. Perry in sympathy 


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for the poor cat. “She can never 
find the way, or she will be killed be¬ 
fore she gets there.” Now, remem¬ 
ber, the cat had been there through 
all the mild weather of spring, sum¬ 
mer and fall and it was now midwin¬ 
ter, and she must come home 
through the most densely populated 
or business portion of the city. Well, 
while stroking the cat gently I told 
her she must come home, and direct¬ 
ed her which way to come, at the 
same time fixing my mind in a posi¬ 
tive manner to impress her, that she 
must be home in three days. Mean¬ 
time there came a terrible snowstorm, 
but, “the cat came back,” and as an 
evidence that she came herself 
through that terrible storm she 
caught a bad cold', and lost her voice. 
My wife saw she was sick and doc¬ 
tored her up, and though we kept her 
for years after she never regained her 
voice. Was this not a psychic power 
of the cat to receive my impressions? 

Where is the country bov that has 
not been lost in the woods when in 
search of cows, he starts the cows and 
follows them and thev bv instinct 
take a “bee line” for home? Ts not 


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the bee itself, which gave rise to the 
above expression, endowed with the 
same instinct? Watch the lower ani¬ 
mals and you will notice in a thou¬ 
sand ways they will manifest that 
wonderful intuitive power. Did God 
give man less of these powers than 
he gave the lower animals? I say 
no. Once man had this gift to a 
very high degree. Then he walked 
and talked with the Gods, the angels, 
but man forgot God’s commands and 
listened to his reason alone, and he 
lost this God-given intuitive power. 
Can he regain it? Yes, and many 
are now rapidly doing so, and can 
read the past, present and future to a 
great extent. How can this be done? 
Let it be remembered that it is now 
an admitted scientific fact that every¬ 
body animate and inanimate is sur¬ 
rounded with an invisable substance 
called an “oura” and that all space 
seems filled with an astrial light 
called by eastern adapts “Akasa.” On 
the individual oura seems stamped all 
of man’s past, present and the things 
of the future that are to be presented 
to him, for him to accept or live 
above. These are reflected in a 


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man’s face, his head, his body, his 
feet and his hands. The student of 
any of these sciences gets his bear¬ 
ings; from the visible marks and this 
aids him to concentrate or opens up 
his psychic powers, or as the “east¬ 
ern adapt’’ would say he draws to him 
the “Akaska” (Spirit of God) power 
and he is able to see and do things 
men will hardly believe until they ex¬ 
perience it for themselves. The faith 
that Christ spoke of enables man to 
let in or concentrate this “Akasa.” 

Now let the student become famil¬ 
iar with the visible marks of destiny 
and he may read much, but if he 
wishes to go deep into details and 
accuracy let him drive out all doubts 
and feel that he is going to tell the 
truth, and utter the thoughts that 
first come to him, without stopping to 
reason and he will soon be able to 
concentrate the “Akasa” and pene¬ 
trate the “oura” and read as if read^ 
iing from a book. ; 

He may not succeed with perfect 
satisfaction at first, but let him con¬ 
tinue and his power will grow and 
his faith will grow the same as it does 
with unceasing prayer. 


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These instructions are simple, let 
the student follow them closely and 
he must succeed. There are palmists 
who practice this who will deny it 
and they are educated fools, who call 
themselves scientists who will deny 
that there can be anything in such a 
practice, but I have nothing but con¬ 
tempt for the moral coward, or the 
educated ass who, having no experi¬ 
ence himself, cannot believe another 
has had, such an experience. 




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LESSON 12. 

PRESERVE A RECORD OF 
YOUR READINGS. 

Question—Will you tell us how 
and why we should keep a record. 

Answer—Everybody will find a 
pleasant and profitable pastime study¬ 
ing- palmistry, and each student 
should keep record in the following 
manner. On the memoranda in this 
book and when filled any other little 
memorandum will serve as well. This 
record will not only serve in the fu¬ 
ture for reference, but different read¬ 
ers who have examined the same 
hands will find much interest in com¬ 
paring notes, and they will learn 
much thereby. This should be a 
thousandfold more interesting and 
profitable than pedro parties or gos¬ 
sip calling. 

Under the head of Memoranda fol¬ 
low the instructions of the blank 
chart on page . . 

MEMORANDA. 

THE HAND'OF. 



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HANDS SHAPE . 

FINGERS . 

NAILS . 

MOUNTS AND MARKS. 

LINES AND MARKS.. 

MY DECISIONS. 

MEMORANDA. 

HOW) TO TAKE AN IMPRES¬ 
SION OF THE HAAND. 


It is often we desire a cast of the 
hand that we may study it at leisure, 
or a party at a distance desires to 
have their hand' read 1 and do not 
know how to get an impression of 
the hand to mail or preserve for fu- 








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ture study, therefore, I describe, be¬ 
low the best method for taking an 
impression of the hand. Take a 
piece of camphor gum as large as a 
good sized pea, put it on any old 
piece of crockery and touch a match 
to it. A dense smoke will arise. 
Have a piece of white paper, § or io 
inches square, and hold it over the 
smoke until thoroughly blackened. 
Now lay it on the table, black side up 
of course, put a little padding under 
the center so if the hand is very hol¬ 
low it will all touch; you can now 
press the hand on to the black sur¬ 
face and every little line or mark 
will appear. Now pour alcohol over 
the whole surface and let it drv. 
This can be preserved any length of 
time or mailed. 



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